What Lily Thought of Petunia

[meboriqua at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22595

Hello everyone!  I'm having a nice day - just came from Central Park 
and was reading SS/PS when I came across something that has probably 
been discussed ad nauseum, but what the hell.

In chapter 1, we find out that the Dursleys have had nothing to do 
with the Potters for years.  I was wondering about two things: first, 
what did Lily think of the fact that her own sister wouldn't 
communicate with her?  Was she angry?  Did she feel bad?  Or two, were 
Lily and Petunia in contact all along?  Here is what made me think 
that:

"'Er - Petunia, dear, - you haven't heard from your sister lately, 
have you?'"

"As he [Vernon] had expected, Mrs. Dursley looked shocked and angry.  
After all, they normally pretended she didn't have a sister." (p.7)

I wonder if she looked shocked and angry because she was worried that 
Vernon had found out she was actually regularly in contact with her 
sister.  I believe that Petunia is really a witch anyway and JKR, 
IIRC, has said that we will learn some unexpected things about the 
Dursleys.  I have a strong feeling that part of that unexpectedness is 
that Petunia is a lot more involved in the wizarding world than 
previously thought.

Hmmm... any thoughts?

--jenny from ravenclaw, who likes what Rita wrote about Ravenclaw in 
her last post!*****************************************